Countries
South Africa
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
South Africa
Portugal
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
obrigado
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Como você está?
Good Night
goeie nag
boa noite
Good Evening
Goeienaand
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
boa Tarde
Good Morning
goeie more
bom Dia
Please
asseblief
Por Favor
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Brazil
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Not Available
Portugal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Namibia
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Português
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Português
French Name
afrikaans
portugais
German Name
Afrikaans
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Portuguese people or portugueses
Origin
17th Century
3rd Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Romance
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
port1283
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
Afrikaans and Portuguese Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Portuguese language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Portuguese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.